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Henri Cartier-Bresson and his M6 and old Summicron


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We worked out he was doing press photography in China…label.

 

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My further analysis of the image….

He's taped his logo, and had blackened the front of the Summicron. There is an uncoloured filter on the lens. It is a screw Summicron made in the 1960's (Nr 337xxxx according to my lens number reading...using PS4) the last made of the ltm Summicrons made from 1951 to early 1960's.

He must have been using that lens for a reason…. :huh:

The good old chap lived 1908-2004. God love 'im.

 

The M6 is brand new...he would be 76 years old in the pic (M6 introduced 1984).

 

 

And found another picture of him almost looks the same evening….same camera and lens….

But different glasses and more age marks on his hand.

Just out of historical interest, cheers  Dave S :D

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My further analysis of the image….

He's taped his logo, and had blackened the front of the Summicron. There is an uncoloured filter on the lens. It is a screw Summicron made in the 1960's (Nr 337xxxx according to my lens number reading...using PS4) the last made of the ltm Summicrons made from 1951 to early 1960's.

 

 

Shock horror! HCB used a protective filter! He 'degraded' his IQ?................

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No doubt he is using a Leica filter, which have to be the finest filters made.  I have serious doubts that two identical photos - one made with a Leica UV filter and one without - could be identified as to which is which based on image quality. 

 

@David, thanks for sharing these two photos of Messr. Cartier-Bresson with us.  He is sorely missed, even though his legacy lives on.

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No doubt he is using a Leica filter, which have to be the finest filters made.  

 

Really? Leica don't make filters, only badge engineered offerings, look to Schneider or Heliopan for the true source.

 

Steve

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He used a CL with his crome collapsible 50 Summicron (source: 3 prints showing him shooting Place de la Bastille as an old gent, that I got on ebay years ago. Same prints appear on ebay occasionally but they cost now very much - not finding buyers). Either he has the CdS cell removed or he didn't collapse the lens when pocketing the camera (which I doubt, must have done it a million times before). 

In his 10th decade he used a CM - source: portraits of DDD & HCB, taken of each other, obviously having fun. There's a thin book about this meeting of these over 180 years counted together :) David Douglas Duncan used a point and shoot Pentax.

 

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He used a CL with his crome collapsible 50 Summicron (source: 3 prints showing him shooting Place de la Bastille as an old gent, that I got on ebay years ago. Same prints appear on ebay occasionally but they cost now very much - not finding buyers). Either he has the CdS cell removed or he didn't collapse the lens when pocketing the camera (which I doubt, must have done it a million times before). 

In his 10th decade he used a CM - source: portraits of DDD & HCB, taken of each other, obviously having fun. There's a thin book about this meeting of these over 180 years counted together :) David Douglas Duncan used a point and shoot Pentax.

He used also a black Minilux

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The M4 didn't have a Leica logo on the front (which has been taped over by HCB). And the lens release on the M4 didn't have a red dot. 

Also, partially covered by his medium finger, you can see the battery cover... (and no selftimer lever) : no doubt is a M6 (non-TTL)

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Also, partially covered by his medium finger, you can see the battery cover... (and no selftimer lever) : no doubt is a M6 (non-TTL)

 

Who knows if ever a battery has been inside? Without a fresh one it would be something like a functional M4-P. :) 

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He had a fascinating life. From big game hunting to Magnum. He really wanted to be an artist.

 

"The Artistic Leanings of Photographer, Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004)"

http://www.artesmagazine.com/2010/03/the-artistic-leanings-of-photographer-henri-cartier-bresson-1908-2004/

 

cheers  Dave S :p

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Who knows if ever a battery has been inside? Without a fresh one it would be something like a functional M4-P. :) 

Don't let proud, new M-A owners hear this.

What does the A in this camera name stand for btw?

Better not ask the guy, who is in charge of giving new names to new models.

 

Back to the OP:

was the M6 available as a 0.85, or did this viewfinder appear (again) only in the M6J and later in the M6-TTL?

THE 50mm hero might have chosen this, rather than a M4-P.

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